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Things Police See: Firsthand Accounts

Alex Villanueva - 33rd Sheriff of LASD

Things Police See: Firsthand Accounts

Steven D Gould

True Crime, Agent, Society & Culture, Enforcement, Police, State, Federal, Local, Law

51.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Alex Villanueva is the 33rd Sheriff of Los Angeles County. He is the first Spanish-speaking sheriff in the county. In 2018, retired sheriff’s lieutenant Villanueva defeated incumbent Sheriff Jim McDonnell, becoming the first to unseat the incumbent in over 100 years. Sheriff Villanueva became the first Democratic Sheriff in LA County in almost 140 years. Really fun interview with some great war stories from the LASD!

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0:00.0

This is things police see.

0:03.9

First and accounts with your host, Steve Gold.

0:08.1

Welcome to the podcast. It interviews active and retired police officers about the most intense,

0:12.0

bizarre, and sometimes humorous moments on the job. It is I. Old Ginger Face here with you.

0:17.3

Thank you for being here, everybody. Great to have you. You can see my eye. If you're watching the YouTube, you can see my eyes all jacked up.

0:23.8

I have one of those blood spots.

0:24.9

I used to see in people's eyes and go, ugh, I don't think I can eat.

0:27.9

This guy's got a blood spot.

0:30.2

This is my second one in six months, so I don't know.

0:32.7

I'm 45.

0:33.4

I might be just falling apart.

0:35.7

I did nothing to get it. No one hit me.

0:38.2

I don't remember sneezing hard.

0:40.4

But yeah, apologies.

0:41.6

Apologies to the YouTube viewers.

0:43.0

But thank you for checking up the show.

0:44.6

Thank you for all the backlisting, all the back catalog that gets watched.

0:50.1

It's so cool.

0:51.7

The content is evergreen. So you can really, once you find the show, you can really just rip through them and just hear these crazy stories the men and women of law enforcement bring to the show is just, I'm blown away every episode.

1:05.5

And it's all just so people can really get a better appreciation for what it is the men and women of law enforcement are actually doing out there. You can hear the stories, how they live them. So thank you for

1:16.8

being here if you're new, and I think you're going to like it. Before we bring on our guest, I have to,

1:22.0

I have to tell you about a company you need to know about. It's an incredible disabled veteran-owned

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